About the Role
We are seeking a proactive Agile Business Analyst with Proxy Product Owner responsibilities, experienced in Azure DevOps, UML, MVP delivery, and UX collaboration, to bridge the gap between stakeholders and delivery teams. You will help shape the product vision, define priorities, and ensure that user-centric solutions are delivered effectively in an Agile environment.
Job Opportunity
Key Responsibilities:
* Act as a Proxy Product Owner, representing the business and end-users in Agile ceremonies when the Product Owner is unavailable.
* Support the Product Owner in defining and refining the product vision, roadmap, and priorities, ensuring alignment with organisational strategy.
* Collaborate with stakeholders to elicit, document, and prioritise business requirements into epics, features, and user stories using Azure DevOps.
* Own and maintain the product backlog, ensuring stories are well-defined with clear acceptance criteria and ready for development.
* Facilitate backlog refinement sessions, sprint planning, and review meetings, DeFuzz and Demo, ensuring alignment between delivery teams and business stakeholders.
* Define and refine Minimum Viable Products (MVPs) to validate assumptions and deliver value quickly
* Collaborate closely with UX/UI teams to ensure requirements are aligned with user experience best practices, customer journeys, and accessibility standards.
* Use UML (Unified Modeling Language) to produce use cases, process flows, and sequence diagrams that clarify business processes and system interactions.
* Collaborate with development and QA teams to clarify requirements, resolve queries, and ensure delivered features meet business needs.
* Manage stakeholder expectations by communicating progress, risks, and changes to scope effectively.
* Identify process improvement opportunities to enhance product delivery and Agile ways of working.
Essential Skills
Key Skills & Experience:
* Proven experience as a Business Analyst in Agile environments, with exposure to Product Owner responsibilities.
* Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps (Boards, Backlogs, Work Items, Dashboards).
* Strong working knowledge of UML for creating structured requirements and solution artefacts.
* Experience managing a product backlog and prioritising competing requirements.
* Skilled in facilitating workshops, user story mapping, and requirements-gathering sessions with diverse stakeholders.
* Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills.
* Familiarity with software delivery processes, DevOps principles, and cross-